"The Best of Both Worlds" Line-by-Line

[LeadHead]

Riker: Well, I think she needs supervision. She takes the initiative a little too easily, sometimes with risks.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: Tsk tsk tsk. Sounds like a young Lt. Commander I recruited to be my first officer.

 

[LeadHead]

Riker: Perhaps.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: Will, What the hell are you still doing here?

 

[LeadHead]

Riker: Sir?

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: You've been offered the Melbourne.

 

[LeadHead]

Riker: I've decided not to pursue that commission at this time.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: She's a fine ship Will.

 

[LeadHead]

Riker: Yes, but she's not the Enterprise. With all due respect Sir, you need me. Particularly now.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: Indeed, Starfleet needs good captains particularly now. Reconsider your decision.

 

[LeadHead]

Riker: Are you telling me to leave Captain?

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: I'm asking you to look at your career objectively. Will, you're ready to work without a net, you're ready to take command. And you know...Enterprise will go along just fine without you.

Night LeadHead.

 

[LeadHead]

Ten Forward

Riker: What am I still doing here? Deanna, I've worked hard to get this far, I.. I, I sacrificed a lot. I always said I wanted my own Command and yet, something's holding me back. Is it wrong for me to want to stay?

 

[JanewayRulz!]

TROI: What do you think?

 

[Brian]

RIKER: Maybe I'm just afraid of the big chair.

 

[LeadHead]

Troi: I don't think so.

 

[Brian]

RIKER: The Captain says Shelby reminds him of the way I used to be. And he's right. She comes in here full of drive and ambition. Impatient, taking risks. I look at her and I wonder whatever happened to those things in me? I liked those things about me. I've lost something.

 

[LeadHead]

Troi: You mean you're older, more experienced. A little more... seasoned.

 

[Brian]

RIKER: Seasoned. That's a horrible thing to say to a man.

 

[LeadHead]

Troi: I don't think you've lost a thing and I think you've gained more than you realize. You're much more comfortable with yourself than you used to be.